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Author Blish, James, author

Title Cities in flight / James Blish
Published New York : Avon Books, 1970
New York, New York : Avon, 1970
©1970

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 W'PONDS  810.54 B64935 A6/C  AVAILABLE
Description 605 pages ; 18 cm
Series Cities in flight
Blish, James. Cities in flight.
Contents They shall have stars -- A life for the stars -- Earthman, come home -- The triumph of time -- Afterword by Richard D. Mullen
Summary A life for the stars: Centuries later, antigravity generators have enabled entire cities to leave earth's surface and become galactic wanderers
Earthman, come home: The nomadic cities revert to barbarism and rogue cities begin to threaten the civilized worlds
The triumph of time: The cities journey into space and make a discovery which could lead to the destruction of the entire universe
They shall have stars: Man has thoroughly explored the solar system, yet the dream of going further resides in one man. This results in two discoveries -antigravity and immortality
Notes All four novels of the Cities in flight series in one volume
Subject Interstellar travel -- Fiction.
Science fiction, American.
Space colonies -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Novels.
Author Blish, James. Earthman come home.
Blish, James. Life for the stars.
Blish, James. They shall have stars.
Blish, James. Triumph of time.
ISBN 0380009986
0380416166
9780380009985
9780380416165
Other Titles A life for the stars
Earthman come home
The triumph of time
They shall have stars